Curtain-hanger.



W. HOWE.

CURTAIIN HANGER. APPLICATION men APR. [4, 1916.

1,21 9,312. Patented Mar.13,-1917.

i vwemtozl/ ALM 14M lllammik WATSON HOWE, 0F VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-HANGER.

Specification of Letters .Patent.

Patented Mar, 13, 1917.

Application filed April 14, 1916. Serial No. 91,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, WATSON Hown, a citi zen of the United States, resident of Valley Stream, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Curtain-Hangers; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front view of the invention as applied.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the invention with the rollers removed from their brackets and the dog released.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view with parts broken away showing the connection of the spring coils to the end piece.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the connection of the inner end of the spring to the spring rod.

The invention has relation to adjustable window shades, having for its object to provide simple means, easily applied and ca pable of economical manufacture, to adjust a shade roller and shade bodily upwardly and downwardly, the shade being at the same time capable of being operated in the usual way.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 2 designates an upper roller, hung in brackets 3 at the top of the window casing, and 41 is a shade roller, hung in brackets 5 carried by a transverse rod 6, said rod being suspended by bands 7 from the upper roller.

The shade roller is of the usual spring type, and carries the shade 8 in the usual way, and the upper roller carries the bands 7, which are wound thereupon and un wound therefrom.

The upper roller has at one end an end piece 9, which is secured to the roller to turn therewith, usually by means of radial projections 10, engaging recesses 11 of the roller. Between the radial projections the end piece is provided with inward extensions 12, rigidly connected thereto, said extensions having clamping engagement with the outer end coils of the roller spring 13. A rod 11- fits Within the coils of this spring, the inner end coils of the spring being made fast to the rod, usually by engaging a cleft 15 at the inner end thereof.

A casting 16 is provided at the outside of the end piece, and is connected rigidly to the squared end 17 of the rod, being usually integral therewith, and pivotally mounted upon said casting is a dog 18, having a hooked end 19 engaging with either of two lateral pins 20 of the end piece, said dog having an operating cord 21, to release the hook thereof from the pin when it is desired that the upper roller shall turn, the end piece 9, rotatably mounted upon the spring rod, turning with the roller.

When it is desired to adjust the shade roller and shade as a whole, or bodily, downwardly, the dog is first released by pulling upon its cord, an operating cord 22, connected to the transverse rod 6, being then actuated to pull the shade roller and shade downwardly. The proper adjustment being accomplished, the dog is released, and at once engages with one of the pins 20, to lock' the upper roller against turning. When it is desired to raise the shade roller and shade bodily, the dog is released also, as an initial step, when the spring of the upper roller will automatically wind the bands 7 upon the said roller, to raise the shaderoller and shade, the dog being then released, to again lock the upper roller against turning.

The upper roller and the carrying rod 6 are usually lengthwise adjustable, having telescoping members, with set screws to fix the adjustment.

I claim: 7

In a curtain hanger, brackets one of which has a squared seat, a roller having outer peripheral recesses, a rod fitting in the end of said roller and having a squared outer end fitting in said seat and a cleft at its inner end, a coiled spring surrounding said rod and having its inner end coil engaging said cleft, an end piece having peripheral projections engaging said recesses, said end piece having lateral pins and projections engaging the outer end coil of said spring, a casting fast to said rod, and

a dog pivotally mountedupon said casting In testimony whereof I affix my signature I and having engagement With either of said in presence of two Witnesses.

sins to lock said roller a ainst turnin said hog having a releasing iull cord, whereby 1 V WVATSON HOWE" 5 endwise movement of the spindle rod- W111 Witnesses:

remove the rod, the casting, the pawl, the STUART HILDER,

end piece and the'coiled spring, as a unit. WM. H. SPIGNUL.

Copies of this patent ma be obtained for we cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. G. 

